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. >> during that meeting the president sat between house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid calling for cooperation and compromise. >> we've got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle-class families, that our economy remains strong, that we're creating jobs, and that's an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country, share. so, our challenge is to make sure that, you know, we are able to cooperate together, work together. >> joining me now for more, congressional reporter for "the washington post" ed o'keefe and national journal correspondent nancy cook. good morning both of you. last time we saw those three together, sort of a kumbayah moment when you have reid and boehner and mcconnell together. did you get a sense, ed, putting revenue on the table meant republicans were open to tax hikes for those makes $250,000 or more? >> no, they're not. they still say they don't want to see that increase. by talking about revenues the idea is you close loopholes, find a way to perhaps limit deductions and create revenue that w
. >> during that meeting the president sat between house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid calling for cooperation and compromise. >> we've got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle-class families, that our economy remains strong, that we're creating jobs, and that's an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country, share. so, our challenge is to make sure that, you know, we are able to cooperate together, work...
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so boehner's going to ask for cuts to go along with debt ceiling increases as well. so this is a multi-headed beast if you will, an hydra that's waiting to be solved. it they don't have a lot of time. i think we're down to 12 or 13 legislative days before the end of the year. so there you go. let's -- a grand bargain in that short of time probably isn't going to take place. i think we can expect them to punt on pretty much all these things. >> can i ask you guys quickly about the testimony of former cia director general david petraeus as he appeared this week, yesterday. with regard to the testimony he talked about the benghazi attack. the answers he gave did not seem so sit well with the gop. but each side spinning exactly what he said to suit their interpretations. should the gop, though, lay to rest all of their complaints at this point? reid, you first. >> i don't think they're going to lay anything to rest. >> but should they based on what he said? this is the guy who was in charge. >> and i think that there are probably more things that peter king and the repub
so boehner's going to ask for cuts to go along with debt ceiling increases as well. so this is a multi-headed beast if you will, an hydra that's waiting to be solved. it they don't have a lot of time. i think we're down to 12 or 13 legislative days before the end of the year. so there you go. let's -- a grand bargain in that short of time probably isn't going to take place. i think we can expect them to punt on pretty much all these things. >> can i ask you guys quickly about the...
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speaker boehner talks about a serious proposal. they are going to take away loopholes that help middle class taxpayers. that's not a serious proposal. the only way they are going to get the deficits down is get the tax rates back to where they were. everybody knows that's what it it takes. so republicans haven't put a serious proposal on the table. . >> so is doug right? the republicans have next to no negotiating power right now? and what do you do to get some? >> i respectfully disagree. here's why. the constitution makes republicans relevant. that's the reason the white house is dealing with the leadership right now because when you look at the negotiations back and forth, republicans are relevant that both sides are playing hardball right now. let me push back a little bit. if they are serious about a deal, one could make the argument they should put something in writing. when they went to capitol hill, he put nothing in writing. he was very ambiguous. so both sides are playing a little game here. no one is serious about puttin
speaker boehner talks about a serious proposal. they are going to take away loopholes that help middle class taxpayers. that's not a serious proposal. the only way they are going to get the deficits down is get the tax rates back to where they were. everybody knows that's what it it takes. so republicans haven't put a serious proposal on the table. . >> so is doug right? the republicans have next to no negotiating power right now? and what do you do to get some? >> i respectfully...
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babe boehner said god only knows, god and ed o'keefe. how do they get there? >> for practical reasons there, are bills sitting in either chamber right now that the other chamber has passed, the house is telling the senate, pass our bill. the senate is telling the house pass our bill. either of those bills could be amended and sent back across the capitol, and make some changes, and send it back for final passage and sent send it to the president. can you get that done in five or six days after christmas before new year's? you know, it could, it would require a miracle from god perhaps to get that done. conceivably, there are at least legislative options on the table which require amending, passing it, sending it on. if they come back as scheduled on wednesday night, thursday morning, they will have to work all day long, all through monday, up until the ball drops to get something passed in order to avoid falling over the cliff. >> is that a drop dead date. what if they get something passed the 4th of january. too late, can't do something retroactive? >> you co
babe boehner said god only knows, god and ed o'keefe. how do they get there? >> for practical reasons there, are bills sitting in either chamber right now that the other chamber has passed, the house is telling the senate, pass our bill. the senate is telling the house pass our bill. either of those bills could be amended and sent back across the capitol, and make some changes, and send it back for final passage and sent send it to the president. can you get that done in five or six days...
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speaker boehner doesn't want to be seen as caving too early. he would get a challenge for his speakership at the beginning of the next congress. he knows what the end game is going to be. there are going to be rises in tax rates for the wealthiest 2%. it's just a question of whether it's 37 or 39.6% and what else can he gets. if he's able to get some kind of concession on the spending side, then that, i think, saves him face with his more conservative members. >> this 37%, though, number that's been floated out there, what do your gop colleagues say to that number? >> they have been very, very adamant about not raising the rate at all. so i don't think probably the 37 is going to be any easier to swallow than 39.6. but i think what it would do is give speaker boehner some way to say, well, i got some concessions. can't go all the way to maintain the exact rate of 35% but we got something. i think that's what he's looking for with that 37% initiative. >> all right, kentucky democratic representative john yarmuth. >>> the other side of the aisle,
speaker boehner doesn't want to be seen as caving too early. he would get a challenge for his speakership at the beginning of the next congress. he knows what the end game is going to be. there are going to be rises in tax rates for the wealthiest 2%. it's just a question of whether it's 37 or 39.6% and what else can he gets. if he's able to get some kind of concession on the spending side, then that, i think, saves him face with his more conservative members. >> this 37%, though, number...
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that's the president, and that's speaker boehner. and what i think is best for all of us to do is to talk about those areas of commonality, to tremendously support these negotiations, because when you look at the time frame, alex, the only way we're going to get to a solution by year end is if the president and speaker boehner come to an agreement, because i believe anything they agree to is something that will pass the senate. so it's really the house, and the president. and it's time for both of them to step up and show the kind of leadership this nation needs to solve that problem. >> how about this? first of all, do you believe we will come to a resolution by the end of this year? and as you know, speaker boehner supports a stopgap measure that would at least buy time until january when the new congress could take up these bigger ticket items? >> yeah. >> i know that their suggestion is kicking the can down the road. but do you support a two-step process? >> i don't. look, alex. we all know what the issues are. we've had two dry
that's the president, and that's speaker boehner. and what i think is best for all of us to do is to talk about those areas of commonality, to tremendously support these negotiations, because when you look at the time frame, alex, the only way we're going to get to a solution by year end is if the president and speaker boehner come to an agreement, because i believe anything they agree to is something that will pass the senate. so it's really the house, and the president. and it's time for both...
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i think you heard john boehner say that. we've had votes in the senate where we've gotten rid of tax credits. i think that's a given. >> we need the republicans to do in 2012 what we did in 2010. we hear the mandate continue to cut spending, but they have to hear the than date real revenues not like dynamic scoring. >> and here's what happens if no agreement is reached before january 1st.bush tax rates expire. emergency unemployment benefits will end. the 2011 payroll tax holiday expires. and $984 billion in cuts will be triggered. joining me now, andy sullivan and sher a tupletts. what do you expect to come out of the meeting friday and will any real progress made? >> oh, no, but i think the optics will be important. there will beside by side getting their picture taken and i think this will reassure voters and most importantly investors that they are serious about the problem and they want t to get something done before the end of the year. they've pretty much gotten a free ride from the markets. everybody knew this was co
i think you heard john boehner say that. we've had votes in the senate where we've gotten rid of tax credits. i think that's a given. >> we need the republicans to do in 2012 what we did in 2010. we hear the mandate continue to cut spending, but they have to hear the than date real revenues not like dynamic scoring. >> and here's what happens if no agreement is reached before january 1st.bush tax rates expire. emergency unemployment benefits will end. the 2011 payroll tax holiday...
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speaker boehner tried to offer signals about a compromise. president obamsays compromise is not a dirty word. press secretary jay carney said right after that though the president would veto any legislation from congress that maintains the bush tax cut for the upper income earners. they put a line in the sand right there. a lot of democrats say you just won an election. play hardball and face them down. i think we're going to be in store for another long christmas season here. >> do you think that's where the president is going to get push back from the democrats in the senate? are they going to insist on raising taxes for the rich? >> i think you're definitely going to have more progressive members of the senate, elizabeth warren come into the senate now. of course that's not until next year. but the composition of the senate is changing. you also have a lot of moderate members of the senate that are up in red states in 2014 watching them. mary landry in louisiana, mary cahey. if they did that level should be $500,000, a little higher than w
speaker boehner tried to offer signals about a compromise. president obamsays compromise is not a dirty word. press secretary jay carney said right after that though the president would veto any legislation from congress that maintains the bush tax cut for the upper income earners. they put a line in the sand right there. a lot of democrats say you just won an election. play hardball and face them down. i think we're going to be in store for another long christmas season here. >> do you...
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boehner will be tip o'neill, obama needs to be reagan. i would vote for revenues including tax rate hikes, even though i don't like them, to stave country from becoming greece. >> today, despite the president being in hawaii, the fiscal cliff is still on the agenda. kristen welker is with the president in honolulu. good day to you, kristen. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: alex, good morning to you. white house officials say this is very much a working vacation, no word if president obama has actually spoke on the congressional leaders at this point. i can tell you that conversations are going on at the staff level. but the reality is that the hard work, the final touches probably won't be put on these bills or this bill, rather, that they're hoping to get until lawmakers, the president, return to washington. and of course that won't happen until after the christmas holiday. this has a lot of people worried, alex, because as you say there's not a lot of time left to get a deal done. president obama, house speaker john boehner, wer
boehner will be tip o'neill, obama needs to be reagan. i would vote for revenues including tax rate hikes, even though i don't like them, to stave country from becoming greece. >> today, despite the president being in hawaii, the fiscal cliff is still on the agenda. kristen welker is with the president in honolulu. good day to you, kristen. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: alex, good morning to you. white house officials say this is very much a working vacation, no word if...
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john boehner's animal house. we are bogey to talk to "the washington post" writer who says in boehner's house the animals are rampaging. what's that mean? we will have an answer for you in the next half hour. >>> nasty weather is lingering just before christmas. aaa predicts 93 million of us will be traveling long distances over the holidays. that includes those that are flying. with a hello to you. how is it looking out there? not too bad in terms of traffic behind you. >> that's exactly right. good afternoon. it isn't too bad. here chilly but sunny and no problems to report in atlanta. most major airports throughout the country are run okay. one exception may be san francisco. bus there were rain delays there earlier today. but -- traffic slowing down a few of the other airports. according to flight aware.com so far only about 70 nights cancelled in the u.s. so far today. that's a big difference from thursday and provide when that storm blew through the plains and midwest and the northeast. forcing the cancella
john boehner's animal house. we are bogey to talk to "the washington post" writer who says in boehner's house the animals are rampaging. what's that mean? we will have an answer for you in the next half hour. >>> nasty weather is lingering just before christmas. aaa predicts 93 million of us will be traveling long distances over the holidays. that includes those that are flying. with a hello to you. how is it looking out there? not too bad in terms of traffic behind you....
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the president did have an onization with john boehner. both sides publicly at least are blaming the others for delaying here. i think both sides are said we know what we want to do, which is for the white house raise rates on the rich. but what can they talk about behind the scenes when the republicans are saying we don't want to do that, on the flip side the white house is saying they don't want to do the republican idea of just capping loop holes at least right now. they want to do that next year with a broader tax reform debate. right now there's not a lot to talk about. the president is going on the road again to detroit on monday and continue his public relations campaign on this to galvanize public opinion. behind the scenes not much. >> molly, have you heard reports that the president and john boehner may be meeting face-to-face? if so what do you hear about that? were that to happen would you expect much to come from that? >> i think we'll know these talks are directly engaged when we do have more communication between the actual
the president did have an onization with john boehner. both sides publicly at least are blaming the others for delaying here. i think both sides are said we know what we want to do, which is for the white house raise rates on the rich. but what can they talk about behind the scenes when the republicans are saying we don't want to do that, on the flip side the white house is saying they don't want to do the republican idea of just capping loop holes at least right now. they want to do that next...
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speaker boehner is right, the congress will no longer talk about repealing the law. i think if congress we will see pb cans raising portions of the law they think are controversial or may be able to attract democratic votes and peel back smaller pieces of the health reform law. >> what's your best guess that the the states will adhere to the deadline. mid december ito make their attentions known. >> i think it is important to note the health reform law, people have to select plans beginning in ok of next year and the plans go live in the year following. there's not a lot of time between now and then. states want to run their state exchanges we will know by december which ones are ready and which aren't. >>> ahead, getting to the truth about ben benz. a house member who grilled general petraeus on captiol hill joins us in just a moment. yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know
speaker boehner is right, the congress will no longer talk about repealing the law. i think if congress we will see pb cans raising portions of the law they think are controversial or may be able to attract democratic votes and peel back smaller pieces of the health reform law. >> what's your best guess that the the states will adhere to the deadline. mid december ito make their attentions known. >> i think it is important to note the health reform law, people have to select plans...
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but john boehner can rail against it which will make it easier for john boehner to sell to his conference. i think it's far fetched. i don't think either of these men, president obama or john boehner, want to see this country go off the fiscal cliff. there's obviously too much at stake not only politically but for the lives and welfare of americans. i think that's foremost in their mind, even given all the politics. so thelma and louise, whatever conspiracy theories we see right now, they might be justified because we're at a standoff at least publicly right now as we head into december, alex. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thanks for that. >>> joining me for more front page politics, perry bacon junior and political contributor for the "washington post." perry, the president's plan is pretty ambitious. what is the strategy here? >> the strategy is to move this debate to the left. i mean, a lot of times you saw in these first four years obama would kind of start in the center on a plan and then the republicans could move to the right a little bit. in this plan, obama knows republica
but john boehner can rail against it which will make it easier for john boehner to sell to his conference. i think it's far fetched. i don't think either of these men, president obama or john boehner, want to see this country go off the fiscal cliff. there's obviously too much at stake not only politically but for the lives and welfare of americans. i think that's foremost in their mind, even given all the politics. so thelma and louise, whatever conspiracy theories we see right now, they might...
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. >> meanwhile house speaker john boehner says the latest proposal from the white house would cripple the economy. the plan calls for a boost in revenue by $1.6 trillion over the next decade. >> they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean it's, it's -- not a serious proposal. so right now we're almost nowhere. >> >> mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. where is almost nowhere? >> it's inside the beltway and it's business as usual. it's also december 1st, alex, and we have exactly one month now to avert the fiscal cliff and avert what everybody agrees would be economic catastrophe. of course that combination of $500 billion, a half a trillion dollars in extra taxes for americans, about $2200 just next year alone for the average family. $100 billion in spending cuts, automatic spending cuts, part of that sequester, from the deal that we went through last year that we took right up to the last minute. so, there are two things that are clear here after the president's proffer, one the president and the white hou
. >> meanwhile house speaker john boehner says the latest proposal from the white house would cripple the economy. the plan calls for a boost in revenue by $1.6 trillion over the next decade. >> they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean it's, it's -- not a serious proposal. so right now we're almost nowhere. >> >> mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. where is almost nowhere? >> it's...
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boehner has said repealing it entirely is a moot issue. but getting some concessions is probably the way to do it. in part because there are democrats who agree that changes should be made and even the president has said that it's not a perfect law. do the math. deduct it a little bit or make changes to republican care. you've got the workings of a grand compromise and everyone can walk away a winner by saying, look, we changed obama care, we're going to pay down the debt. who loses in that situation? certainly on the fringes people would say it's a bad deal but pretty much both parties could walk away and say we compromised and we fixed it. >> you want to write that up and send it up to the hill there? the other hot topic on "meet the press," the gaubenghazi attack t killed the ambassador chris stevens. >> susan rice is obligated to do more than look at a three-sentence unclassified or five-classified unclassified talking points. she had access to all of the sensitive top secret classified information and she knew that the story she was g
boehner has said repealing it entirely is a moot issue. but getting some concessions is probably the way to do it. in part because there are democrats who agree that changes should be made and even the president has said that it's not a perfect law. do the math. deduct it a little bit or make changes to republican care. you've got the workings of a grand compromise and everyone can walk away a winner by saying, look, we changed obama care, we're going to pay down the debt. who loses in that...
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. >> also new today, house speaker john boehner saying hey, not so fast. >> even though the president tried to admit for over a year that it wasn't a tax, nobody believed it, and now we know it. but it's getting in the way of employers hiring new workers. because of these increased costs of government-run healthxd insurance and the fact that if they don't, they have to provide a tax. >> president obama, asking supporters to shell out more cash. a new daily beast reportñr that describes a late-night conference call from "air force one" asking donors to send more money and send it now. >>> and governor scott said it won't expand the medicaid prram. he recently said he would follow the law if upheld by the supreme court. joining me now, john harwood, and editor of citizen janmç politics, patricia murphy and contribute for for "newsweek" and the daily beast. john, we'll start with you let's get to the daily beast report, saying basically it obtained a tape of the president asking donors for more money and in that report, saying "we just can't be outspent 10 to 1. that's what happened in
. >> also new today, house speaker john boehner saying hey, not so fast. >> even though the president tried to admit for over a year that it wasn't a tax, nobody believed it, and now we know it. but it's getting in the way of employers hiring new workers. because of these increased costs of government-run healthxd insurance and the fact that if they don't, they have to provide a tax. >> president obama, asking supporters to shell out more cash. a new daily beast reportñr that...
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house speaker john boehner tried to downplay the debate saying abc's "this week" saying the real issue is the economy. in an election cycle that's been super pacs spend an estimated $100 million. their influence and potential to damage candidates raise serious questions about unchecked power and political spending post-citizens united. joining me is kirsten kurkowsky, national press secretary for the rnc. let's talk about this as we get to the super pacs and there's been a lot of talk about these. the fact that they have no one to answer to. legally, they cannot have contact with the campaign that they're supporting. but considering the latest issue, how dangerous do you think super pacs can be to their own candidates, if they are a reflection of the company that the candidates are trying to keep? >> well, i think you know, i think that what this is really going to come down to, is what we have control of, mitt romney's campaign or here at the rnc, is we have control over what our message is. just like the obama campaign has control over their message. the fact that we are talking abou
house speaker john boehner tried to downplay the debate saying abc's "this week" saying the real issue is the economy. in an election cycle that's been super pacs spend an estimated $100 million. their influence and potential to damage candidates raise serious questions about unchecked power and political spending post-citizens united. joining me is kirsten kurkowsky, national press secretary for the rnc. let's talk about this as we get to the super pacs and there's been a lot of talk...
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here's something interesting, rich, i want to ask you about, a comment that came out of speaker john boehner -- i'm going to drink more coffee, what he sbad mitt romney. the quote is the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i will tell you this 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and vote or against barack obama. if the speaker of the house can't fall in love with mitt romney, who will? >> this isn't "dancing with the stars." >> likability quotient. >> if republicans are correct and this is an election about competence, that doesn't matter. republicans are wrong and who people want to have a beer with in the rose garden, then obama will win, but i think republicans bet pretty heavily it is a matter of competence and if -- if carson wrong and people really do think that that mitt romney has a better handle on how to fix the economy, then that won't matter. >> karen, could you fall in love with mitt romney? >> gee, i don't know. you know what they say, alex, sometimes you just got to love the one you're
here's something interesting, rich, i want to ask you about, a comment that came out of speaker john boehner -- i'm going to drink more coffee, what he sbad mitt romney. the quote is the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i will tell you this 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and vote or against barack obama. if the speaker of the house can't fall in love with mitt romney, who will? >> this...
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because with congressional business being the topic here, house speaker john boehner said that interview last week he does not think a lame duck congress should vote on quote really big bills. do you think congress will get to a vote on the fiscal cliff before the new year? and do you think it should? >> let me think about this. lame duck shouldn't have big bills. anyhow, i think that we are in business to take care of the needs of the american people, and we should not shy away from dealing with issues that relate to the american economy, making government work more effectively, and also i'm concerned about america overreaching abroader, about us putting ourselves, our troops at the risk of more military involvement. we've got to be very careful with that. that's why congress has to be in and perform its role effectively as a branch of government which is supposed to be separate and independent from the executive branch. >> but with so many people looking at the economy as being a primary focus of how they will pull the levers or mark those ballots come november 6, when it comes to the
because with congressional business being the topic here, house speaker john boehner said that interview last week he does not think a lame duck congress should vote on quote really big bills. do you think congress will get to a vote on the fiscal cliff before the new year? and do you think it should? >> let me think about this. lame duck shouldn't have big bills. anyhow, i think that we are in business to take care of the needs of the american people, and we should not shy away from...
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this is another case where speaker boehner finds himself pushed into a conflict he didn't necessarily want by the tea party elements of his caucus. any time the president can remind americans about the existence of those voices they feel like they win. david is exactly. right. you have to think there's something in the documents that is in the very least somewhat embarrassing for the white house, although we don't think at this point it was criminal necessarily. that they don't want to come out. even if they say they are standing on principal, it's not going to make them let good either. >> let's go quickly to the health care ruling expected from the freak as early as monday, at least by thursday. how are the sides expected to frame the ruling depending on how it falls? >> this is a real wild card. the white house is definitely been thinking for months about this. if the supreme court rules against the president's health care and strips it of the core elements, the white house will have to xramable to see how you talk about it. there's some hope maybe that by talking about it directly
this is another case where speaker boehner finds himself pushed into a conflict he didn't necessarily want by the tea party elements of his caucus. any time the president can remind americans about the existence of those voices they feel like they win. david is exactly. right. you have to think there's something in the documents that is in the very least somewhat embarrassing for the white house, although we don't think at this point it was criminal necessarily. that they don't want to come...
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speaker boehner put out a statement yesterday on behalf of the republicans saying the president's policies haven't worked as advertised. that's a lot different from saying they haven't worked at all. so it's particularly threatening to mitt romney, though, because mitt romney's argument is obama doesn't know what he is doing about the economy and i do. the better news you get and the more that's ratified by positive reaction, say, by the stock market had a robust day in the stock market yesterday, all of president. you, if this economic trend continues and how much president obama's path first. particularly what the trend is direction, . s trending for him. riding when the economy is terrible. to when you're cruising and picking up speed as you're going downhill. and if you really pick up speed, if you get a robust cruising. get. ahead. santorum campaigning in hannib hannibal, missouri. despite better numbers in december, unemployment is still a big problem. >> unemployment participation rate is the lowest in 30 years which means the unemployment rate is going to be down but it's going to
speaker boehner put out a statement yesterday on behalf of the republicans saying the president's policies haven't worked as advertised. that's a lot different from saying they haven't worked at all. so it's particularly threatening to mitt romney, though, because mitt romney's argument is obama doesn't know what he is doing about the economy and i do. the better news you get and the more that's ratified by positive reaction, say, by the stock market had a robust day in the stock market...